How to Azure AD Join a Windows 10 Home device?

acgomes 16 Reputation points
2020-06-11T19:25:23.73+00:00

Dear, I am getting a bad time to join a Windows 10 Home notebook to Azure AD.

OOBE is not an option, Settings->Work and School -> Connect does not show "Join this device to AAD", Bulk enrollment gives an error "Provisioning failed", and Auto-pilot doesn't work for Home edition.

How should I join this Windows 10 Home?

Thank you!

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  1. Stephen Hoos 26 Reputation points
    2020-12-30T19:17:04.057+00:00

    If you have a Microsoft 365 Premium account it comes with a license for Windows 10 Business. Do you have to reimage the machine to Windows 10 Business, from Home edition to connect to Azure AD? It should see the license when you attempt to sign in, and assign the license to the computer.

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  2. Dave Patrick 426.1K Reputation points MVP
    2020-06-11T19:26:38.353+00:00

    Windows 10 Home edition cannot be joined to a domain.

    https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/compare-windows-10-home-vs-pro

    https://query.prod.cms.rt.microsoft.com/cms/api/am/binary/RE2PBG7

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  3. acgomes 16 Reputation points
    2020-06-11T20:38:11.56+00:00

    Many thanks!

    This is very very upsetting... concept-azure-ad-join clearly says "All Windows 10 devices"! I don't believe I invested so much time because of such a gross error on a Microsoft document!

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  4. Leon Laude 85,651 Reputation points
    2020-06-11T19:34:44.227+00:00

    Hi,

    As Dave mentioned, Windows 10 Home edition cannot be joined to a domain.

    Windows AutoPilot supports the following Windows 10 operating system editions:

    • Windows 10 Pro
    • Windows 10 Pro Education
    • Windows 10 Pro for Workstations
    • Windows 10 Enterprise
    • Windows 10 Education
      -Windows 10 Enterprise 2019 LTSC

    Reference:
    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/windows-autopilot/windows-autopilot-requirements

    If you want to domain join your computer, you'll need to upgrade to Windows 10 Professional.

    Upgrade Windows 10 Home to Windows 10 Pro
    https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/12384/windows-10-upgrading-home-to-pro

    Best regards,
    Leon

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  5. Dave Patrick 426.1K Reputation points MVP
    2020-06-11T20:43:23.167+00:00

    Sorry for the misdirection. You can provide this feedback using link at page bottom here.

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/devices/concept-azure-ad-join

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